When jazz pianists are improvising riffs, their brains act much more like the dreaming brain, with inhibition turned down and creativity cranked way up, a new study finds. It seems almost a ...

There’s a popular myth that divides people into “left brain” and “right brain” categories, whereby the former are analytical and logical, while the latter are creative and innovative. The reality, of ...

Please contact the music department for more information. EMUS 1437/3437/5437 (1)–Jazz Combo Please contact the music department for more information. EMUS 3642 (3)–History of Jazz Studies the ...

Researchers are investigating what happens inside jazz musicians’ brains as they improvise music. Although musical improvisation—composing new passages on the spot—is not unique to jazz, it’s perhaps ...

MTU's Jazz program was started in the 1950's by Don Keranen and has been an integral part of the Visual and Performing Arts department at Michigan Tech for more than 6 decades. Run by trumpeter, ...